Blogcritics – Review: Song From the Road

Unlike other concerts where there is a clear demarcation of roles for both performer and audience, the line at these concerts seemed to blur somewhat. It was like the connection between the two was so strong each song became an experience to share, not something one sat back and passively observed. One of the best examples of this is the recording of Cohen’s performance of “Hallelujah” recorded at the Coachella Music Festival in California… With a crowd that size standing in front of a stage you’d expect to notice people being distracted or looking around. Not on this night at this moment. Every face seemed riveted on the slightly stooped grey suited figure holding the microphone, hanging on his every word and awaiting their cue to start singing along with the chorus. As producer Sanders says in his notes, if he had to pick a moment as a highlight from the tour it would be hearing the tens of thousands of voices raised in a chorus of one word at the end of the song — hallelujah. – Blogcritics, September 16, 2010 http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-cddvd-review-leonard-cohensongs/#ixzz0zlEreEpY